A/RES/52/214 Page 4 8. Decides to keep under review the length and quality of all documents; 9. Reiterates its request to United Nations bodies and to the Secretary-General to ensure respect for equal treatment of the six official languages of the United Nations; 10. Expresses deep concern about difficulties experienced by some Member States owing to the suspension of some publications in all official languages and the delay in the translation of official documents; 11. Decides, in this regard, to request the Secretary-General to provide all necessary resources to reverse this situation; 12. Requests the Secretary-General to take steps to improve the quality and accuracy of meeting records in all six official languages through full reliance, in the preparation and translation of those records, on sound recordings and written texts of statements as they were delivered in the original languages, and to issue those records within a reasonable time-frame; 13. Also requests the Secretary-General to ensure that the summary records of the Fifth Committee, given the technical complexity of their subject matter, are prepared by experienced language staff who are thoroughly familiar with current administrative and financial developments in the Organization, and are issued within a reasonable time-frame; 14. Further requests the Secretary-General to continue to improve and accelerate the accurate translation of documents into the official languages, giving special significance to the quality of translation; 15. Stresses the need to strengthen the monitoring of contractual translations to ensure that they meet the quality requirements for United Nations documents; 16. Requests the Secretary-General to ensure that summary records are translated in all six official languages concurrently; 17. Also requests the Secretary-General to continue his efforts, where appropriate, to introduce new technologies such as machine-assisted translation and common terminology databases; 18. Expresses deep concern that the limits to self-revision have not been kept at a level that would ensure a high quality of translation; 19. Requests the Secretary-General to reinstate the post of reviser in the six official languages; 20. Reiterates its request to the Secretary-General to ensure that documentation is available in accordance with the six-week rule for the distribution of documents simultaneously in the six official languages of the General Assembly; 21. Regrets that there continue to be delays in the submission of documents to the conference services; 22. Reaffirms its decision that, if a report is issued late, the reasons for the delay should be indicated when the report is introduced; 23. Requests the Committee on Conferences to review the late issuance of documents and to suggest remedial action for consideration by the General Assembly at its fifty-third session; /...

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